2007

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Dear all, thank you for another meaningful, nice and creative year. Thank you for your patience and tolerance in the development and implementation of projects, for belief that better days for the people of culture and creators are yet to come... I would like to thank everybody for being together, for your support, acknowledgements and sincerity. I would also like to thank evil-minded people for the obstacles they create, which can be overcome anyway. Let our homes be filled with cosy warmth, the smell of cinnamon, the light of a fireplace, and let the close ones envelop us with their love, peace and serenity. I wish you merry and cosy Christmas in your heart, and an extraordinary celebration of the New Year! Let the New Year be fuller and more serene, creatively active and productive for artists and creators. Let’s hope that representatives of Lithuanian business will become our equal partners and companions in the implementation of noble and selfless ideas. I wish to hear the saying ‘An artist is the sponsor for business’ less often from the mouth of officials. Artists are an inherent part of Lithuania’s development. Let’s help each other to remain HUMAN. LET FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE BE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY! A group of talented people and active citizens of Lithuania, young artists and performers.

HELP OF THE TITLED DUTCH & LT ARTISTS TO KURSENAI CHILDREN FOSTER HOME As the first snow has started falling and Christmas are getting closer and closer, fifteen members of the Royal Breda Men Choir have come to Lithuania with noble strivings earlier this week. Their goal is to help create cosy and nice environment for pupils of Kuršėnai foster home (Šiauliai district) and improve their living and studying conditions by renovating premises on the third floor. Thanks to regional TV 'SPLIUS' and Lithuanian national television (LTV) for keeping focus on such a positive example of our titled dutch artists on coming Christmas time. More about... and Photo gallery.

REGISTRATION FOR THE WELLNESS PROGRAM ‘K2K - KARATE KYOKUSHIN & CLASSICS’ K2K is a program developed by the NGO ‘Culture Artfact’ for those, who strive for novelties and the joy of discovery. Each person that is born on the Earth brings along the mission of one’s life and the necessity for improvement. Constant rush, tension and stress cause pugnacious spirits. Yet we offer you to learn protect yourself and the people close to you instead of fighting, as well as learn to master the martial art by moving the energy to the positive direction, get acquainted with prepared programs of classical music and promote your artistic self-expression. Once you learn to handle conscious and unconscious contradictions, it will become easier for you to make your actions meaningful and achieve your goals. Everyone of us wanders in search for novelties and teachers, who would help us form the ability to manage our emotions, energy, personal relations, circumstances, and respect our rivals in search for harmony. According to Oriental philosophy, harmony is a normal thing in the life of people who cherish the good. Please register for participation in the group I before November 30. Kimono price – LTL 140.00-150.00. The number of persons in the group is limited to 15. More...

CULTURE MANAGEMENT COURSE The European Diploma in Cultural Project Management Culture management course The European Diploma in Cultural Project Management (Hicter Foundation, Belgium), which is intended for managers of culture from all over Europe, is aimed to promote cultural diversity and cultural cooperation that crosses state and regional boundaries. At the time being, you are welcome to apply for the course of the 2008-2009 academic year. Applications must be presented before 15th January 2008. The application form 2008/2009 on the website: www.fondation-hicter.org

AN EXHIBITION IN KĖDAINIAI ‘CZESLAW MILOSZ RETURNS’ Opening of the exhibition ‘Czeslaw Milosz Returns’ took place on Tuesday, 30th October 2007, in the multicultural centre (Senosios rinkos Square 12, Kėdainiai). The unique exhibition reflects his relations to the Suvalkai region and the Krasnagrūda Estate. Fragments of works by Czeslaw Milosz were read by Daiva Rudokaitė, an actress of Kaunas Drama Theatre. The program will reveal all relations of the artist to Lithuanian nature, childhood, youth, kin, memories, etc. You are welcome to attend the exhibition. It will be open until the 29th November 2007. Organisers: Museum of Kėdainiai Region and NGO 'Culture Artfact'. More...SPONSORS AND CONSULTANTS ARE NEEDED FOR ACQUISITION OF A CAR With great regret we announce that we had to say ‘farewell’ to the senior Volkswagen, also known among friends as ‘Santa Jetta’. It served well for more than 20 years, and now we URGENTLY need another car. We would be grateful to those, who could offer any of the models we are interested in (made in 1998 or later): Ford Galaxy/ Volkswagen Sharan. Preferred characteristics: 1.9 / diesel, petrol-gas/ automatic or mechanic transmission/. Model: compact. Colour: silver metallic. Payment terms: flexible leasing. This is not subject to VAT refund. Sponsors will be offered to place their advertisements during the entire advertising campaign of the organisation. We cannot afford acquiring the car in the way of ordinary leasing, as due to the present political situation and thefts of ideas we cannot have regular income that secure ourselves both, financial and social freedom. We are grateful in advance for any help or assistance, advice and mutually beneficial offers.

THE NAME OF LITHUANIA WAS HEARD IN JAPAN Sincere congratulations to Donatas Imbras, our partner in creative, sport and social activities, on the occasion of his birthday and the second silver medal won at the World Karate Kyokushin Championship. Congratulations to his coach Vladimir Silvaško as well! We share the joy of the victory and invite everyone to join the new wellness program ‘Karate Kyokushin & Classics’".More...

SHINKYOKUSHINAI HAS ANNOUCED THE DETAILS FOR THE 9th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Shinkyokushinkai has announced publicly the details for the long awaited 9th World Championship. This tournament which is held every four years, is widely looked upon as the Olympics for Karate. Norichika Tsukamoto, the champion of the 6th World Championship, and Kunihiro Suzuki, champion of the 8th World Championship, are scheduled to enter the tournament. The champion of the open-weight tournament has been of Japaneses nationality until this day, but many predict this long trend to end with this year. To name a few, Valeri Dimitrov of Bulgaria, Donatas Imbras of Lithuania, Roman Nestelenko and Denis Gregorief of Russia, are looked upon as top prospects to reach the final. Dear Mr. Donatas - "Happy birthday to You (read with sound:)" More...

SINGING DUTCH VOLUNTEER HANDYMEN IN KURŠĖNAI CHILDREN’S HOME On September 10 - 12, 2007, Kuršėnai children home (Pramonės Str. 2, Kuršėnai, Šiauliai district) was visited by participants of the Royal Breda Male Choir, handymen, volunteers, who intend to complete repairs of the children’s home premises, where orphans will live and study, by Christmas. On the April 15, 2007, professionals in their field and honourable singers of the Breda city choir (the Netherlands) gave a charitable concert. Funds raised at the concert will be used to buy construction materials and carry our reconstruction works. Back then, having said ‘see you soon’ to their guests, this time the children presented them excellent and colourful drawings. With the mediation of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Vilnius, the nice friendship between NATO soldiers on their mission in Lithuania, participants of the Royal Breda Male Choir (conductor and art director Marcel Verhoeff) and pupils of Kuršėnai children’s home started during the first cultural tourism project ‘The Seasons 2005’, developed by our institution. The children’s home was established on the 24th February 1941. Photo gallery.

DIRECTORATE OF PAVILNIAI AND VERKIAI REGIONAL PARKS TAKES OVER FORTIFICATIONS IN THE ŠILO STREET 13/09/2007. Aiming at preserving bats of protected species that spend the winter in Pavilniai regional park, the Council of Vilnius city approved the decision to transfer buildings of fortification facilities – warehouses located in the territory of Pavilniai park (Šilas street) to the Directorate of Pavilniai and Verkiai regional parks. One of the most important tasks of the municipal institution Directorate of Pavilniai and Verkiai regional parks is preservation and restoration of natural and cultural values. From now on, the Directorate will be striving to preserve rare bat species and will be taking care of historically valuable buildings of fortification facilities that have no owners.

ATTENTION OF MR. ŠARŪNAS MARČIULIONIS TO CHILDREN LIVING IN THE WORLD OF SILENCE The 1st of September 2007 was an extraordinary day to Mrs. Danutė Kriščiūnienė, the Director of the 1st School for the Dear and Hard-of-Hearing in Panevėžys, and pupils of the school. Pupils and their parents who have gathered for the celebration of the Day of Education and Knowledge were pleasantly surprised by the attention of Mr. Šarūnas Marčiulionis, the worldwide-acclaimed legendary NBA basketball player, and a card with sincere greetings sent on behalf of Š.Marčiulionis Basketball Academy. Since the school’s basketball team is among Lithuanian champions, the parcel of hope also contained a basketball ball with the autograph and information relevant for the young deaf/hard-of-hearing basketball fans! More...

VILNIUS 2009. ART IN UNCONVENTIONAL SPACES – A USUAL EVENT IN THE WORK OF NGO "CULTURE ARTFACT" On the 21st - 23rd September 2007, a project that will change the face of Vilnius city will be taking place. This will be a creative intervention into unconventional spaces of the city – live! After all, art may exist everywhere, especially in the places where you don’t expect to find it. On the 21st of September 2007, the NGO Culture Artfact will celebrate its second birthday (yet its concert & event organization experience dates back to 1998); thus, we may rejoice at having changed and being able to present a list of projects implemented in unconventional spaces. Therefore, we have boldly presented a new space developed for art expositions and photo galleries in spring already for the competition ‘Art in Unconventional Spaces’ organised within the framework Vilnius – European Capital of Culture. This time it was the gym ‘Active Gym’ (Antakalnio Str. 37, Vilnius). Photo galery.Let’s go in for sports, move a little, and if the commission decides to grant some funds to other kinds of entertainment that would gather together all artists and politicians residing in the Šilo street, we will then celebrate the Day of Joy of Culture Artfact in the nice yard of the houses located at Šilo Str. 1 and 3, under three beautiful firs... Follow the information. And now we have the pleasure of presenting an exhibition of works of young artists developed within the framework of the project ‘Moc'Art 2006’.

CONGRESS OF THE HEADS OF LITHUANIAN WORLD COMMUNITIES IN KERNAVĖ On 07/08/2007, in Kernavė, the Congress of the Heads of Lithuanian World Communities took place. Invited by the Board of LWC, the head of the Public Institution Culture Artfact read a speech here. During breaks, participants had a chance to see works of tactile graphics developed during the Summer Art Academy ‘Art Baltica 2007’ by the following authors: Loreta Taluntytė, Mindaugas Suchovėjus, Jurgita Staniulytė, a member of the Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Julija Slavinskaja. Fine art teacher – Mrs. Diana Raudonienė. More...

CREATIVE WORK OF THE BLIND AND PEOPLE WITH EYESIGHT DISABILITY IN THE SUMMER ART ACADEMY ‘ART BALTICA 2007’ Though they see nothing but darkness, the blind and people with eyesight disability from Vilnius found living in the camp enriching, innovative and beautiful: Ms. Loreta Taluntytė, a participant of the Summer Art Academy ‘Art Baltica 2007’, who can not see but anyway loves art and music, was not only singing, half-voice crooning her favourite melodies but has also created some with the help of her handy. Loreta was a volunteer and, together with organizers, visited women penitentiary in Panevėžys. Having presented her works of tactile graphics here, she kindly gave a lesson to young residents of the penitentiary. Girls have drawn and gave Loreta some pictures full of love and hope. It was a truly moving moment... The blind Mr. Mindaugas Suchovėjus and Mr. Robertas Antropikas, who has weak eyesight, were spending there time painting with the fine art teacher Mrs. Diana Raudonienė, enjoying holiday spirits and mosquito ping. Our camp was also attended by a honourable guest – Mr. Alfonsas Barauskas, a public figure of Panevėžys city and a cherisher of the bicycle sport, who got very interested in the tactile graphic works developed by the blind and told many stories about the most recent bicycle rides.

THE ENDING OF EDUCATIONAL-CONCERT PROGRAM OF THE SUMMER ART ACADEMY ‘ART BALTICA 2007’ Today, on August 1st, the first ten-day educational program of playing in the Youth Symphony Orchestra and professional performer’s mastery program under the Summer Art Academy "Art Baltica 2007" has come to its end. We said goodbye having befriended each other and spiritually enriched, each of us having invested some of their personal savings... We are glad that we will have something to show to our actual sponsors. It’s a pity that we haven’t yet got the answer concerning the right to use the domain www.KurkLietuvoje.lt (an enquiry and an application to the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Justice, the Communications Regulatory Authority and the Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania was sent at the beginning of June 2007 already. Therefore, I would call the delay of performing a process as simple as writing a recommendation letter of a competent authority ‘the bureaucratic ping-pong’). I hope that you will soon find exhaustive information about the "Art Baltica" project on the new website; we will reprogram Participant Applications and develop video and audio record base. The project was excellent, therefore we didn’t say to each other ‘Goodbye!’, we said ‘See you next year!’. For more information about the beneficial and necessary for Lithuania project please read in the ‘Gyvenimas’ (Life) part of the daily ‘Respublika’ (the issues of 01.08.2007), in Panevėžys regional press and on different websites. Press release of July, 17 2007. Photo gallery - I

As the project has come to its end, we dare to state that, unfortunately, it is almost impossible to do the creative work in Lithuania... Writing projects for public invitations to tender costs too many physical efforts and energy; every day we encounter with Lithuanian national peculiarities, often feel lack of ethics, psychological pressure and terrorism. We miss positiveness in our everyday life, trust of sponsors in us, effective European-like cooperation, faster pace of communication with Lithuanian public authorities, and see too much pride, ambitions, and too little emotional stability. The seed of goodness has been sowed, and it now only needs favourable soil and political conditions. Will we do the creative work in Lithuania and create Lithuania in the motherland or in the emigration?

ATTENTION! Summer Art Academy ART BALTICA, a new project intended to fight emigration and ‘the brain leakage’ (with international youth symphony orchestra and art programs in the open air), is waiting for your financial support. On 20th July – 1st August 2007, we intend to develop our creative skills and play music in Panevėžys and Vilnius. The best programs developed at the Summer Academy will be presented in the Baltic States and other European countries in 2007-2013. Don’t be indifferent, help us and contribute! Your 2% would mean actual and meaningful investment in the development of Lithuanian cultural policy strategy. More...

ARTWORKS BY AUTHORS FROM PANEVEZYS TO THE DELEGATION OF HIS MAJESTY JAPANESE EMPEROR May 26, 2007 (Vilnius). His Majesty Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife Michiko arrive to Lithuanian with an official visit. The family of Japanese Emperors was welcomed in state by His Excellence Mr. Valdas Adamkus, the President of Lithuania, and his wife Mrs. Alma Adamkiene. Artworks of pupils with hearing disability from Panevezys, who participate in the educational-social project ‘I’d Like to be Like Them’ organised by the Public Institution Culture Artfact, and embroidered pictures with cherry blossoms made by the resident of the same city of venerable age Mrs. Apolonija Abromavičienė were handed over to the President’s House on the eve of the visit. We hope that the lovely and warm gifts will gladden members of the delegation of His Majesty Japanese Emperor Akihito and strengthen the cultural links between Japan and Lithuania. More...

‘I’D LIKE TO BE LIKE THEM...’ GUEST-VISITOR – THE ALPINIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER VLADAS VITKAUSKAS Meeting with Mr. Vladas VITKAUSKAS, world-acclaimed alpinist who has climbed the Everest, a traveller, photographer and a person striving for unconventional records, a respected person and a conqueror of many summits of the world, has taken place on the 21st May 2007, at 11.30 a.m. The meeting was organised under the educational-social project ‘I’d Like to Be Like Them’ organised by the NGO 'Culture Artfact' and Panevėžys School for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing. During the meeting, one was able to learn more about preparation for travelling and impressions experienced having climbed the highest summits of the mountains all over the world. Moreover, a video film by Vladas Vitkauskas was demonstrated. Until the end of May, an exhibition of photographs by Vladas Vitkauskas will take place in Anykščiai Chapel. Photographs of two series – ‘The Highest Summits of the World’ and ‘The Road of Ignotas Domeika: from Santiago to Atacama’ – will be exhibited there. The acclaimed Lithuanian traveller was pleased to answer your questions. Pupils of all schools, pedagogues and parents of the pupils were welcome to attend the event. Meanwhile the company selling food additives via the Internet www.vikingomega3.lt wishes everyone, who is trying to achieve the summit of one’s life, good health and strength! Photo gallery.

HOMELY MUSIC-PLAYING BAND "LINO HUSARAI" PARTICIPATES IN THE "STREET MUSIC DAY" On the May 5, 2007, streets, yards, squares and parks of Vilnius city will be flooded with hundreds of musicians. It will be the first-time celebration of the Street Music Day that unites everyone, who speaks the most universal language in the world – the language of music. Homely music-playing group LINO HUSARAI (Linen Hussars) was founded in 2007, especially for this occasion. This is a group of intellectuals, lovers of music and beautiful life, professional musicians, the fold, cherishers of true values, willing to join the musical and spring-like environment of the Vilnius city. Initiators of LINO HUSARAI are well-known Lithuanian business leaders Ramūnas Lenčiauskas and Viktoras Majauskas. Partner and patron of the feast – Public Institution "Vilnius – Europos kultūros sostinė 2009". More about...

LET’S ENCOURAGE THE FUTURE: NEVĖŽIS MIDDLE SCHOOL Odeta Abromavičiūtė, a former pupil (class tutor and English teacher Roma Pagirienė-Sears) and a member of the Fame Gallery of the Nevėžis school in Panevėžys, paid a visit on May 2nd, 10.00 a.m. ‘Up to this day, we have common friends, and feel very warm and friendly relation that surrounded us during the school years. I will never forget teachers of the 8th secondary school, children music schools and J.Švedas pedagogy music school’, said the woman who was born in Panevėžys but now lives and works in Vilnius. The meeting was crowned by a live performance of a colleague of O. Abromavičiūtė – Rasa Kaušiūtė, and jazz & cabaret signer and a member of the Fame Gallery of J. Miltinis secondary school in Panevėžys. Odeta left an imprint of her palm on the Painting of Warm Hands exhibited in the Fame Gallery of the school. Photo Gallery.

A PAIR OF BULGARIAN CHAMPIONS EXPRESSED THEIR WILLINGNESS TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH SOME OF THE POINTS OF ATTRACTION OF LITHUANIAN CULTURAL TOURISM After European Kyokushin Karate Championship that took place in the Siemens Arena, multiple Bulgarian kyokushin karate champion Dimitrov Valeri and vice-champion of European Kyokushin Karate Championship in Vilnius Atanasova Gergana (Bulgaria) stayed in Lithuania for one week. Accompanied by president of the karate club "Budora" Donatas Imbras, they visited Kernavė, Trakai, Belmontas (Pavilnių Regional Park), Verkiai park, Botanical garden of Vilnius University in Kairenai, Old Town of Vilnius and many other cultural centers. Their plans also include giving kyokushin karate lessons to the youth of Kėdainiai karate club "Stoikas" (president of the club is Gediminas Tankevičius (1 Dan). Our Guests were on direct broad casting LTV show and were wishing Big Luck to TV star duet Mrs. Lidija Rasutis ir Mr. Jurgis Bruzga.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MULTIPLE EUROPEAN CHAMPION DONATAS IMBRAS AND HIS FAMILY! Authors of the educational-social project ‘I’d Like to be Like Them’ and young listeners sincerely congratulate Donatas IMBRAS, a member of the project, with his third victory in the European Kyokushin Karate Championship! Exhibition of children drawings organised by the NGO "Culture Artfact" attracted particular attention of participants of the championship and was kindly appreciated. The exhibition was officially attended by the President of Japanese Kyokushin Karate Federation and guests, executives of Lithuanian Kyokushin Karate Federation and the honourable Mr. Donatas Imbras. Several works made by pupils of Panevėžys School for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing were granted to our honourable guests and participants of the championship. For photos of some moments of the event please go to the website of the kinesitherapist Egidijus Tutkus http://www.tutkus.info or browse the Photo Gallery of our website.

SURPRISES OF HARD-OF-HEARING CHILDREN TO EUROPEAN KYOKUSHIN KARATE CHAMPIONSHIP At the end of March, launch of the educative-social project ‘I’d Like to be Like Them’ took place in Panevėžys School for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (headed by Mrs. Danutė Krikščiūnienė). Some secrets and wisdom of the Oriental martial art kyokushin karate were revealed under the sounds of Japanese drums. This time, headed by art teacher Povilas Šiaučiūnas, pupils of the school Toma Bakaitė (9th form), Vytautas Paulauskas (10th form), Marius Sereckis (11th form), Tadas Bielskis (11th form), Andrius Bernatonis (11th form), Zelma Kolodenskytė (12th form), Daiva Vinkšnelytė (12th form), Rasa Juškaitė (12th form) prepared a pleasant surprise for participants of European Kyokushin Karate Championship, who demonstrated the martial art in the Siemens Arena in Vilnius. Photo gallery.

A ROSE OF HOPE IN THE MYSTERY OF DISTRESS On the basis of thoughts of Justas Jasėnas, a deacon residing in Panevėžys, Youth Centre of Panevėžys Episcopate compiled and published a contemplation of the Road of Cross in Berčiūnai park with the priest Alfonsas Lipniūnas –‘A Rose of Hope in the Mystery of Distress’. Read more…

EDUCATIONAL - SOCIAL PROJECT FOR KIDS AND YOUTH "I'D LIKE 2 BE LIKE THEM..." ’I’d like to be like them...’ is comprised of conversations about values, endurance, will, the development of spiritual and physical strength, and the relation of sports and music in everyday life. Join our forces! Photo gallery from event in Panevezys on March 23, 2007. Press release and Interwiev with Mr. Donatas Imbras. Welcome to support Lithuanian Oriental martial Art of Kyokushin Karate masters at the European Karate Kyokushin Championship on April 20 - 21, 2007 in the "Siemens" arena. /www.kyokushin.lt/ About us in 'Events in Lithuania'

PRESENTATION OF THE ALBUM WOMEN BY THE PHOTO ARTIST VAIDOTAS GRIGAS On the February 28, 2007 in the Vilnius Town Hall, presentation of the photo album Women by Vaidotas Grigas (*1955), a photographer of the magazine Stilius of the daily Lietuvos Rytas. The book contains only a small part of female portraits (representational, intimate, humoristic) taken by the photographer, yet those chosen for the book are enough to reveal the variety and beauty of the women’s universe created by the photographer. The woman in the book is a mature personality, a creator of herself, her world and, often, some wider spaces. The album Women by Vaidotas Grigas witnesses not just the mastery of the artist, but also the gift of empathy, his deep insight, and creativity. On behalf of women-models, I’d like to express sincere gratitude to: the photo artist Vaidotas Grigas, compiler Algimantas Aleksandavičius, author of the essay The Universe of Women r.e. Jurga Ivanauskaitė, editor Audra Kairienė, translator Vida Urbonavičius-Watkins, artist Izaokas Zibucas, R. Paknys’ publishing house and sponsor of Women, highly respectable Mr. Saulius Karosas. More...

GEOGRAPHY OF THE FESTIVAL AND A NEW CONCEPT WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CONTEXT OF ‘VILNIUS 2009’ On February 2nd, in the Municipality of Vilnius City, the Manager of Culture Artfact had a meeting with Ms. Elona Bajorinienė, the Program Director of the State Enterprise ‘Vilnius - Europos kultūros sostinė 2009’. The following issues were discussed at the meeting of colleagues: relevant issues of the project (the name ‘Festival of the Europe Park’ was replaced with ‘European Arts and Parks Festival’), the project ‘Vilnius Guide for People with Eyesight Disability’ initiated by Ms. Diana Raudonienė, a doctoral student of Vilnius Academy of Art, and other current organisational issues.

"KULTŪROS ARTELĖ's" CREATIVE OFFER TO LITHUANIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND SUCCESS APPLAUSES Successfully organised first joint Dutch-Lithuanian project ‘The Seasons 2005’ bas been extended: a new premiere ‘The Queen Symphony’ in Lithuania under the Creative Offer provided by Culture Artfact to LSSO on 28.09.2005-03.10.2005. We expect mutually successful cooperation with implementers of the project, aiming at developing cultural relations between the two countries. The future will show if Lithuanian organisations funded by the Government are able to work in the European way, engaging private initiatives for the purpose of more efficient creative dialogue. More...FOR THE ATTENTION OF LITHUANIAN NGOYou are kindly welcome to contribute to the public application addressed to the highest authorities with regard to prevention of allocation of 2% of the income tax to political parties and budget-funded organisations, since competitive and creative private cultural organisations, NGOs are no longer able to implement their projects and exist supported by the Holy Ghost alone. Time will show if there any favourable decisions with regard to an additional line in the State budget are made after the election… The hope dies the last! We wish NGOs were able of competing with budget-funded organisations on equal grounds, preserving mutual respect, humanism and developing the ethics of Lithuanian culture management. More...

FAREWELL TO ‘MOC'ART 2006’ IN THE SILENCE OF COLOURS... On the 25th of January 2007 (Thursday), at 12.00, in Panevėžys Principal School for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (Parko 19, Panevėžys) an exhibition of pupils of the International American School in Vilnius was opened. The drawings were painted under the sounds of live music composed by W.A. Mozart, during the event RENDEZVOUS IN EUROPE, which took place on the 27th February 2006 in a shopping centre in Vilnius. Culture Artfact and pupils of Panevėžys Principal School for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing close the year of the 250th Anniversary of the immortal composer W.A.Mozart with the help of art expressive gestural language. More...

PAINTING IS VISIBLE MUSIC, MUSIC IS AUDIBLE PAINTING On the 23rd of January 2007, at 10.00, in the Administration of the Head of Panevėžys County (Respublikos 38, Panevėžys), an exhibition of paintings by pupils of Panevėžys Principal School for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing was opened. The exhibition on the topic ‘Painting is Visible Music, Music is Audible Painting’ is dedicated to the closure the year of commemoration of the 250-year anniversary of W.A. Mozart. Authors of the works: Valentinas Vingrys (2nd form), Tadas Grigelionis (3rd form), Irina Pčiolina, Rytis Petrulis. More...

WORKSHOP FOR CULTURE MANAGERS AT ‘THE ARTS PRINTING-HOUSE’ On 23rd-25th of January 2007, in Vilnius, The Arts Printing House (Menų spaustuvė) organised a 3-day cultural management workshop for managers working in the field of stage arts. The workshop was headed by ARTUR GHUKASYAN, Doctor of Art Management and Culture Policy Sciences, lecturer and actor from Armenia, who is currently working as a guest lecturer at London Metropolitan University.

NEWS FOR CULTURE MANAGERS Applications invited for the 2007/08 edition of the European Diploma in Cultural Project Management, a year-long pan-European training programme. Deadline for application: 15 January 2007. The application form 2007/2008 on the website: www.fondation-hicter.org